STAR WARS TRIVIA
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away — aka the ’70s — George Lucas changed movies forever with the release of the first installment of the ‘Star Wars’ trilogy: ‘A New Hope.’Fans were taken in by the adventure of young Luke Skywalker, plucked from his simple life to become the Jedi Knight who will save the universe.
Before his adventure begins, Skywalker lives with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru Lars, moisture farmers on the planet Tatooine. After unwittingly buying renegade droids C3PO and R2D2, Owen and Beru are killed by Stormtroopers, prompting Luke to leave the planet for good.
Luke may have abandoned his homestead, but you can still visit the Skywalker home. Lucas shot these first groundbreaking scenes at the famous Hotel Sidi Driss, located in the village of Matmata, in the country of Tunisia.
Location as Character: When creating ‘Star Wars,’ George Lucas wanted to abandon the sleek look of most science fiction, instead creating an aged, shared universe. The production flew to Tunisia, and filming commenced on March 22, 1976. Tunisia’s arid climate served as the perfect earth-bound recreation of the desert world Tatooine.
The hotel’s storage room served as the location for the Lars family dining room. In 1995, a French ‘Star Wars’ fan by the name of Phillip Vanni helped renovate and remodel the storage room into a ‘Star Wars’-themed restaurant and bar that accurately mimics the room where young Skywalker would eat dinner.
Lucas returned to the hotel in 2000 to film scenes for ‘Attack of the Clones.’ The Tatooine set decorations were rebuilt and remain on site as part of the hotel’s decor.
Historical Significance: The hotel was built centuries ago by the indigenous Berber people of North Africa. Refugees would dig detailed cave locations to hide away and defend themselves from attackers. The village of Matmata became famous for its cave dwellings, and future generations re-established the cave networks as their homes; the traditional living quarters provide cool relief from the Tunisian climate.
It wasn’t until 1967 that Matmata became more widely known after it received emergency support from surrounding cities, following a devastating rain season. New, above-ground residencies were built, but many of the classic cave dwellings were repaired and still serve as the primary housing facility.
The hotel consists of five pits; the first four pits contain 20 bedrooms. The rooms themselves are made from individual hollowed-out caves, connected by shared bathroom facilities. The fifth pit is the ‘Star Wars’-themed restaurant and bar. The hotel is lined with Berber bedding and culture, and still contain many of the cave’s intricate designs for storage and food preparation, built right into the walls.
Behind the hotel is a small museum of Matmata’s local history. Additionally, the hotel can arrange for guests to take walking tours of the surrounding residential cave dwellings
Edward Kinsey III
LUCAS IS ONE CRAZY MOTHERF*****!!! …LETS GO DVP 8-17
Ballajb
*Dondria Marketing Ideas*
1. Do a contest where people take pics of their receipt showing they purchased the cd and send them in and a winner will win a prize(this will encourage people to purchase the album instead of stealing it)
2.For the Twitter war break the teams up. People with twitter names starting with A-M are #teamdondria and N-Z are #teamphatfffat. Officially announce this on next ustream.(competition brings out the best of people)
3. Tell everyone to vote and also tweet for people to vote for @dondria video on 106 & Park(getting her on the countdown will allow more people to see her and hear her music)
4. Tell people to do a twitpic of a pic of dondria on some site that they find once a day(this will get people more familiar with her face)
5. Tell people to tell all their friends on facebook to add http://www.facebook.com/dondria.fields and vote for her video on 106 & Park (getting her on the countdown will allow more people to see her and hear her music)
6. Try to get all of her youtube friends to sign up for a twitter and if they have one already to follow her and tweet #dondria (since she has a large youtube following this would help a lot with getting her to be a trending topic if they come over to twitter)
7. Tell twitter followers to tweet “http://eventful.com/performers/trey-songz-/P0-001-000010533-1/events” which is a link to the tour dates (so they can know where she will be at and they can also tell people where she will be at)
8. Tell people to make sure they Tweet her album release date and always mention @dondria #dondria (this will put the date in peoples head along with helping to get her a TT)
9. Tell people to share her mixtape so people can get a chance to hear her if they havent already.(this will allow people to actually hear her)
10. Make sure that everyone in the SOSODEF camp that has a twitter says something good about dondria daily so their followers will check her out. (this is more exposure)
11. Add some more things in the Dondria section on the global14 site that will draw a little more attention from fans like pictures. (people will be able to get a lot more information about her)
12. Continue to have her hitting up radio stations while she is on tour(to create a larger over the air audience)
13. Have Dondria create a ustream channel (she will be able to interact with her fans and promote)
14. Make sure Dondria continues to hit up twitter with her tweets
15.Have fans do a email petition and see how many people sign. this will show the awareness of the album
16. Have people send in videos of them singing her song and the best person wins a prize
17. Have dondria on a couple of more LTL episodes(more exposure from a youtube audience)
18. Have a contest for the person who can make the best flyer advertising her album (with all the different flyers people are going to see them)
19. Do some Dondria talk to me on the jd1472 youtube channel (she can give her views on certain things and get people agreeing with her and that will get them to support her)
20. Do a LTL of Dondria following her around for a day (this will allow people into her life even more attracting more fans)
21. Have Dondria speak at local boys and girls clubs and teen shelters (exposure to a age group that will represent a good percent of who will purchase her album)
22. Create a Yahoo group that sends out emails to fans daily and also features pics and videos (this will reach another group of people that may not be on twitter)
23. Drop another Dondria mixtape a lil bit after her album drops
24. Do a speak to me youtube where Dondria answers questions that fans have been asking
25. Ringtone campaign and wallpapers for both computer and cell phone
26. Get Bow Wow and the Ocean’s 7 to tweet and show that they support Dondria also
27. Have people tweet about the album on peoples twitter pages like Necole Bitchie
28. Get her a interview with Angela Yee
29. Contact everyone on Twitter with “DJ” in front of their name to hit up @LTLline for that new @Dondria record-Makin Love
30. Have radio interviews set up for every tour city.
I have many more ideas so JD make sure you remember @ballajb.
I have a Business Marketing degree from San Jose State University so I am interested in Marketing for SOSODEF and that only not singing and producing.
So please everyone follow me @ballajb on Twitter and tell @LTLline to hire me.
Thanks
Flawless
A true Star Wars fans haven/heaven!!! Thanks for sharing, Sugar.
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